DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/27 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.5 - - 30.2 - - 29.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 18 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3031 - - 3205 - - 2758 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2336 - - 918 - - 918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3920 - - 4094 - - 3647 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1547 - - 3179 - - 3772 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 284 - - 168 - - 158 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 26 - - 24 - - 22 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 303 - - 303 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 12 - - 16 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -3 - - -1 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1166 - - 1073 - - 682 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2754 - - 3021 - - 2966 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 668 - - 189 - - -343 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 3252 - - 3905 - - 3990 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 99 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 30.5 - - 30.2 - - 29.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.0 - - 20.6 - - 19.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 30.1 - - 30.2 - - 29.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.0 - - 19.6 - - 19.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 110 - - 18 - - 18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3031 - - 3205 - - 2758 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 100 - - 102 - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95875 22 045 27 032 28 033 95875 88883 16 059 20 030 24 042 88883 83409 15 062 14 018 9 012 83409 78834 9 037 6 011 3 200 78834 74862 9 333 5 322 4 308 74862 71309 10 328 3 302 11 309 71309 68059 15 285 12 293 16 273 68059 65061 14 264 11 287 10 285 65061 62259 13 257 18 284 19 305 62259 59513 19 276 27 271 27 284 59513 56633 23 283 27 280 30 277 56633 53636 32 277 34 282 35 287 53636 50777 40 264 36 278 38 293 50777 48212 37 269 40 281 40 296 48212 45914 39 279 45 287 45 300 45914 43832 45 286 50 292 52 300 43832 41934 49 286 52 293 59 300 41934 40192 51 284 54 294 64 301 40192 38582 51 285 56 294 68 303 38582 37083 51 287 58 296 72 305 37083 35678 53 288 62 297 75 306 35678 34330 54 288 66 297 79 308 34330 32970 55 288 69 298 83 309 32970 31570 58 289 73 299 86 310 31570 30134 62 290 79 299 89 312 30134 28646 66 291 83 299 92 312 28646 27095 68 292 85 300 93 311 27095 25480 70 292 86 300 89 310 25480 23804 70 292 85 299 81 311 23804 22073 68 293 78 299 70 311 22073 20292 67 293 68 299 57 309 20292 18453 66 294 57 300 49 310 18453 16543 61 297 50 304 48 311 16543 14598 51 299 44 305 47 310 14598 12724 44 302 43 306 44 311 12724 11021 43 302 43 306 39 311 11021 9510 43 304 42 307 33 313 9510 8173 42 306 39 307 29 321 8173 6993 38 310 33 306 29 321 6993 5951 34 314 32 306 29 319 5951 5026 29 310 31 307 29 317 5026 4209 28*305 30*306 28*314 4209 3488 28*304 29*306 27*310 3488 2841 28 304 26 304 25 306 2841 2270 27 303 25 303 23 304 2270 1793 26 303 24 302 22 304 1793 1427 25 303 22 301 21 303 1427 1175 23 303 20 301 19 302 1175 1022 21 302 17 300 16 302 1022 935 16 302 13 300 13 301 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography